Posted on 08/22/2015 9:21:12 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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No death panel for Jimmah.
If the good die young....
Jimmah Carter is probably gonna end up damned near immortal...
God never wanted him and the Devil hates competition.
Isn’t Jimmy lucky that he doesn’t have to go through Obamanoncare? A 90-year-old with a melanoma that has metastasized throughout his body? The government would never fork over money for his treatment.
I’ll give him 3 months.
It’s sad, any cancer is sad. And if and when he passes on I really hope he can go in peace and know that he was not the worst president.
What’s the over/under on this old Commie?
Yep. I’m mean that way. ;)
In prostate cancer, the approved immuno process is called Provenge. The company that produces it is in bankruptcy, but they continue to produce it. It provides a minor extension of life, but this is for patients that are the most difficult and desperate.
What they are finding is when they apply this in disease progression earlier and if with other agents, the life extension can be significant. Much research is on combining existing agents, earlier in the progression cycle. Provenge costs 90K, which also is a factor.
Another immuno trigger is intense radiation on a small tumor called SBRT. Even then, less than half of the patients respond. I am one who has had this experience, and it’s way too early to see if it worked.
No indeed, not for Jimmy.
Its just too bad that this 90year old brain cancer patient does not have Obama healthcare advisor Ezekiel Emmanuel as his Doctor.
Maybe Jimmy could persuade Dr Zeke the death angel that 90 year old humans will cling to life if offered any chance to extend it
Maybe Dr Zeke could persuade Jimmy that he already used up his “share” of national health resources, did not qualify for extraordinary lifesaving treatment and should just quit
Jimmy Carter is 90. Ezekiel Emanuel says it’s time to go.
Let’s compare this protocol with what Obamacare would provide.
And then ask, why the difference?
"By the time I reach 75, I will have lived a complete life. I will have loved and been loved. My children will be grown and in the midst of their own rich lives. I will have seen my grandchildren born and beginning their lives. I will have pursued my life’s projects and made whatever contributions, important or not, I am going to make. And hopefully, I will not have too many mental and physical limitations. Dying at 75 will not be a tragedy. Indeed, I plan to have my memorial service before I die. And I don’t want any crying or wailing, but a warm gathering filled with fun reminiscences, stories of my awkwardness, and celebrations of a good life. After I die, my survivors can have their own memorial service if they want—that is not my business."
Seems pretty selfish for Carter to accept this treatment, considering what he and his fellow liberals have been preaching all these years.
Wouldn’t it be ironic if cancer specialists were brought in from Israel?
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He died September, 1998.
Prayers that this treatment has worked for you. God bless.
It’s hard to predict. Untreated 3 months is a reasonable guess, but Pembro’s data is impressive. Carter might last long enough to die as the second worst former president. One variable the article doesn’t discuss is the origin of his melanoma. It’s unknown; they couldn’t find a primary site. That’s not rare with cutaneous origin melanoma, a few percent of the total cases. And IIRC their natural course is better than metastatic melanoma with known primaries. However although I’ve read his primary was unknown I haven’t seen anything written saying we know it came from his skin. Liver, where this first showed up, is a common site for early metastases in ocular melanoma, but not as commonly the first site from cutaneous melanoma. Ocular origin melanoma tends to be genetically different than skin origin melanoma and may do better with different therapy. I trust they checked his eyes as well as his skin when looking for a primary.
I would think a more natural cure like hemlock would relieve us of his pain. Uh, I mean, relieve him of his pain.
Very sorry about your brother. I pleaded for immunotherapy for my father eight years ago, but the oncologists said it wouldn’t work. He passed on quickly, too.
Since then, this kind of treatment has been gaining ground, though. Maybe science will perfect it. A year or two ago, a family friend in his 40’s received immunotherapy for bladder cancer, and he’s been doing very well.
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